"There’s a new vending machine in the New Orleans Healing Center (2372 Saint Claude Ave). Instead of sodas and snacks, it provides free access to birth control, emergency contraceptives, condoms, fentanyl test strips and Narcan."
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"Only 36.5 percent of the 16,000 substance use treatment facilities in the U.S. offered testing for hepatitis C in 2024, according to a national survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Just 17 percent offered medications for hepatitis C treatment."
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#PublicHealth #HepatitisC #SubstanceUse #addiction #opioids #methadone
MANCHESTER and LONDON, England — Alison Starkie spends her days tracking down people who need testing or treatment for hepatitis C, especially those who are unhoused or actively using drugs.Jessie Hellmann (Roll Call)
